My favorites are Big Red Wagon and Pointed Perfection, Kate. Did you ever get any rain? We had it again yesterday and last night, but very little more is forecast for ten days. Yours will be ramping up full speed shortly, no doubt.

kay

Kay, after the first rain we both got, I have had no more but days have been gloriously perfect in terms of temp. And just to show I have something more blooming now than just the full flowered bagel form, here is Heavenly Starfire whose scape fell over into the shrub rose!

Pointed Perfection is marvelous. I am going to have to look that up. I also like Thomas Tew and Napa Valley Merlot.

Nancy

Lovely blooms Kate! What does New Paradigm usually look like in your garden.

Sherry

Nancy, I really like Pointed Perfection-a Maryott that actually has done quite well for me and has multiplied very well-something most Maryotts have not done.

Sherry, the photo on the left is New Paradigm in my garden last year. The one on the right is this year, with cooler nights being the only difference. i have never seen it so vivid!

I tried Evening Enchantment here and the color didn't take to our heat so I sent it northward to a cooler climate and my friend fell in love........My favorites are Big Red Wagon and Napa Valley Merlot with that nice green throat. The form on Thomas Tew is also worth praise......Nice group............Maryl

Lots of pretties here, but my top favorite is Big Red Wagon. Thomas Tew always looks great in your garden. I love the photo of Charming Charlie that shows Spot all tuckered out from the garden walk.

Debra

Thomas Tew is gorgeous! Evening Enchantment does not even have scapes here yet, I need to go have a talk to it. I like the look of Napa Valley Merlot too.

Nice group. Pointed Perfection is very different and I like it. Your garden shot with Spot looks so inviting.

Julia

Pointed Perfection is lovely . Thomas Tew Is so pretty and "Wow " Evening Enchantment is soooooooo dark and at the complete other end of the scale is your Spacecoast White Frosting .......I love the form of this one . ........

Charming Charlie can be quite a looker. I think it likes your warmer climate better, as here its early blooms are sometimes marred and generally few. But after brutal late April and early May cold, we are headed for abnormally hot weather next week.

A very nice assortment Kate! It is nice that you and Kay get an earlier start with yours that many of us. It extends the season for us all

Brad